Çᵉdôm — H5467

Definition

locative proper noun

Sedom, a place near the Dead Sea

1. Sodom = "burning"
2. a Canaanite city, usually paired with Gomorrah, located in the area of the Dead Sea and the Jordan river; both cities destroyed by God in judgment

Usually translated as

Sodom

Origin

from an unused root meaning to scorch; burnt (i.e. volcanic or bituminous) district

Greek equivalents

• Sódoma (G4670)

Occurrences

Çᵉdôm occurs 39 times in 38 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (20), Deuteronomy (2), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (3), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (6), Amos (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Genesis 10:19 — And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom (סְדֹ֧מָה), and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.
• Genesis 13:10 — And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom (סְדֹם֙) and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
• Genesis 13:12 — Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom (סְדֹֽם).
• Genesis 13:13 — But the men of Sodom (סְדֹ֔ם) were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
• Genesis 14:2 — That these made war with Bera king of Sodom (סְדֹ֔ם), and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar.
• Genesis 14:8 — And there went out the king of Sodom (סְדֹ֜ם), and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim;
• Genesis 14:10 — And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom (סְדֹ֥ם) and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
• Genesis 14:11 — And they took all the goods of Sodom (סְדֹ֧ם) and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way.
• Genesis 14:12 — And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom (בִּסְדֹֽם), and his goods, and departed.
• Genesis 14:17 — And the king of Sodom (סְדֹם֮) went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.
• Genesis 14:21 — And the king of Sodom (סְדֹ֖ם) said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself.
• Genesis 14:22 — And Abram said to the king of Sodom (סְדֹ֑ם), I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
• Genesis 18:16 — And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom (סְדֹ֑ם): and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
• Genesis 18:20 — And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom (סְדֹ֥ם) and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
• Genesis 18:22 — And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom (סְדֹ֑מָה): but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
• Genesis 18:26 — And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom (בִסְדֹ֛ם) fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
• Genesis 19:1 — And there came two angels to Sodom (סְדֹ֙מָה֙) at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
• Genesis 19:1 — And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom (סְדֹ֑ם): and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
• Genesis 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom (סְדֹם֙), compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
• Genesis 19:24 — Then the LORD rained upon Sodom (סְדֹ֛ם) and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
• Genesis 19:28 — And he looked toward Sodom (סְדֹם֙) and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
• Deuteronomy 29:23 — And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom (סְדֹ֤ם), and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
• Deuteronomy 32:32 — For their vine is of the vine of Sodom (סְדֹם֙), and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
• Isaiah 1:9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom (כִּסְדֹ֣ם), and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 1:10 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom (סְדֹ֑ם); give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 3:9 — The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom (כִּסְדֹ֥ם), they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
• Isaiah 13:19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom (סְדֹ֖ם) and Gomorrah.
• Jeremiah 23:14 — I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom (כִּסְדֹ֔ם), and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
• Jeremiah 49:18 — As in the overthrow of Sodom (סְדֹ֧ם) and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
• Jeremiah 50:40 — As God overthrew Sodom (סְדֹ֧ם) and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
• Lamentations 4:6 — For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom (סְדֹ֑ם), that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her.
• Ezekiel 16:46 — And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom (סְדֹ֖ם) and her daughters.
• Ezekiel 16:48 — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom (סְדֹ֣ם) thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters.
• Ezekiel 16:49 — Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom (סְדֹ֣ם), pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
• Ezekiel 16:53 — When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom (סְדֹם֙) and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them:
• Ezekiel 16:55 — When thy sisters, Sodom (סְדֹ֤ם) and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate.
• Ezekiel 16:56 — For thy sister Sodom (סְדֹ֣ם) was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride,
• Amos 4:11 — I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom (סְדֹ֣ם) and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
• Zephaniah 2:9 — Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom (כִּסְדֹ֤ם), and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.